Law of Bolivia


The law of Bolivia includes a constitution and a number of codes.

Constitution

Bolivia has had seventeen constitutions.

Legislation

The legislature has been called the Congreso Nacional. The gazette is called Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia.

List of legislation

Courts have included the Plurinational Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Tribunal Supremo Electoral

Criminal law

The Spanish Criminal Code of 1822 came into force in Bolivia on 2 April 1831. It was replaced by the Penal Code of 1834. A Law of 3 September 1883 made provision in relation to perjury. Bolivia now has a new Penal Code of 23 August 1972.
There was a Code of Criminal Procedure of 6 August 1898.This was replaced by the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1972.

Copyright

As to copyright, see the law of 13 April 1992.

Mining

In 1892, the mining laws of Bolivia consisted of the Ley de mineria promulgated on the 13 October 1880, and the Reglamento de la ley de mineria made on the 28 October 1882. The International Bureau of the American Republics said that the "provisions of the Ley de mineria are simple and wise. They are contained in no more than twenty-seven articles and leave little room for casuistics or embarrassing technicalities."